🧜‍♀️ Hidden Mermaid

A creature of the sea conceals her true nature among humans, navigating the tension between two worlds and the longing that belongs to neither.

Captain of Fates

by Katherine Webber • 2025

A sea captain must love both a baker and a mermaid, who are the same woman.

3.56

1k+

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Romance 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🎭 Hidden Identity

Captain of Fates 90%

A sea captain must love both a baker and a mermaid, who are the same woman.

by Katherine Webber 2025

3.56

1k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Romance 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Siren

by Kiera Cass • 2009

A siren who kills with her song falls for a human she cannot speak to.

3.69

99k+

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Romance 💫 Immortal-Mortal Romance 💕 Found Sisterhood

The Siren 89%

A siren who kills with her song falls for a human she cannot speak to.

by Kiera Cass 2009

3.69

99k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Romance 💫 Immortal-Mortal Romance 💕 Found Sisterhood

Emerge

by Maya Nicole • 2022

Three mermen rescue a drowning girl, then refuse to leave: she's a siren, and theirs.

4.06

1k+

🧬 Hidden Supernatural Heritage 🌊 Merman Love Interests 🎶 Siren Awakening

Emerge 89%

Three mermen rescue a drowning girl, then refuse to leave: she's a siren, and theirs.

by Maya Nicole 2022

4.06

1k+ ratings

🧬 Hidden Supernatural Heritage 🌊 Merman Love Interests 🎶 Siren Awakening

Baignade interdite

by R.L. Stine • 1994

Something grabbed Billy in the lagoon. His family said seaweed. Then they caught a mermaid.

3.55

10k+

🦈 Aquatic Horror 🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Rescue 👫 Sibling Duo

Baignade interdite 89%

Something grabbed Billy in the lagoon. His family said seaweed. Then they caught a mermaid.

by R.L. Stine 1994

3.55

10k+ ratings

🦈 Aquatic Horror 🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Rescue 👫 Sibling Duo

The Water Mirror

by Kai Meyer • 2001

Besieged Venice trades its magic for survival, so an orphan drinks the city's soul instead.

3.88

6k+

🏛️ Magical Venice 🪞 Mirror Magic 🧠 Symbiotic Bond

The Water Mirror 88%

Besieged Venice trades its magic for survival, so an orphan drinks the city's soul instead.

by Kai Meyer 2001

3.88

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Venice 🪞 Mirror Magic 🧠 Symbiotic Bond

A Lair of Bones

by Helen Scheuerer • 2021

A bone cleaner cheats her way into a deadly mermaid tournament, bound to keep a human alive.

3.96

3k+

⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🐚 Underwater Kingdom 👑 Rags To Royalty

A Lair of Bones 88%

A bone cleaner cheats her way into a deadly mermaid tournament, bound to keep a human alive.

by Helen Scheuerer 2021

3.96

3k+ ratings

⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🐚 Underwater Kingdom 👑 Rags To Royalty

Wake

by Amanda Hocking • 2012

A teenage swimmer joins three beautiful strangers in the bay and wakes up craving human flesh.

3.7

26k+

🧜 Siren Mythology 🖤 Reluctant Monster 💀 Forced Transformation

Wake 88%

A teenage swimmer joins three beautiful strangers in the bay and wakes up craving human flesh.

by Amanda Hocking 2012

3.7

26k+ ratings

🧜 Siren Mythology 🖤 Reluctant Monster 💀 Forced Transformation

Gills

by Abe Moss • 2020

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

3.84

639

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror

Gills 88%

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

by Abe Moss 2020

3.84

639 ratings

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror

The Sirens

by Emilia Hart • 2025

She wakes mid-strangle, flees to a coast where violent men drown and her sister's trail ends.

3.70

72k+

🧜‍♀️ Feminist Myth 🏚️ Coastal Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Memory

The Sirens 88%

She wakes mid-strangle, flees to a coast where violent men drown and her sister's trail ends.

by Emilia Hart 2025

3.70

72k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Feminist Myth 🏚️ Coastal Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Memory

The Lovely Dark

by Juliette Cross • 2024

An explorer and a merman. A healer and a deceiver. Two forbidden romances deep in shadow.

4.02

1k+

🧜 Interspecies Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌿 Healer Heroine

The Lovely Dark 88%

An explorer and a merman. A healer and a deceiver. Two forbidden romances deep in shadow.

by Juliette Cross 2024

4.02

1k+ ratings

🧜 Interspecies Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌿 Healer Heroine

Compass and Blade

by Rachel Greenlaw • 2024

A wrecker with a blood-drawn map braves siren seas to save her father from the noose.

3.35

3k+

🧜‍♀️ Siren Fantasy 🔮 Hidden Heritage 💔 Betrayal Romance

Compass and Blade 88%

A wrecker with a blood-drawn map braves siren seas to save her father from the noose.

by Rachel Greenlaw 2024

3.35

3k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Siren Fantasy 🔮 Hidden Heritage 💔 Betrayal Romance

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

by Maggie Tokuda-Hall • 2020

Posing as a boy pirate, a girl falls for the captive noble she must guard.

3.79

13k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Disguised Identity

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea Summary

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea 88%

Posing as a boy pirate, a girl falls for the captive noble she must guard.

by Maggie Tokuda-Hall 2020

3.79

13k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Disguised Identity

When the Tides Held the Moon

by Venessa Vida Kelley • 2025

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

4.14

14k+

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

When the Tides Held the Moon 88%

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

by Venessa Vida Kelley 2025

4.14

14k+ ratings

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

A Duet with the Siren Duke

by Elise Kova • 2023

She traded her soul for five years. Now the siren duke wants more than the bargain.

3.57

9k+

🧜‍♀️ Siren Romance 🌊 Underwater Fantasy 🌑 Soul Bargain

A Duet with the Siren Duke 88%

She traded her soul for five years. Now the siren duke wants more than the bargain.

by Elise Kova 2023

3.57

9k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Siren Romance 🌊 Underwater Fantasy 🌑 Soul Bargain

Rolling in the Deep

by Mira Grant • 2015

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

3.94

12k+

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition

Rolling in the Deep 88%

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.94

12k+ ratings

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition

Bride of the Sea

by Emma Hamm • 2018

A merrow dreaming of land saves a sailor. Their faerie bond ties two souls, two worlds.

3.68

1k+

🦭 Selkie Retelling ☘️ Celtic Folklore 💫 Soul Bond

Bride of the Sea 88%

A merrow dreaming of land saves a sailor. Their faerie bond ties two souls, two worlds.

by Emma Hamm 2018

3.68

1k+ ratings

🦭 Selkie Retelling ☘️ Celtic Folklore 💫 Soul Bond

Into the Drowning Deep

by Mira Grant • 2017

A scientist hunts mermaids in the deepest trench on Earth. They killed her sister first.

3.93

47k+

🦑 Deep Sea Horror 🧜‍♀️ Predatory Mermaids 💀 Doomed Expedition

Into the Drowning Deep 88%

A scientist hunts mermaids in the deepest trench on Earth. They killed her sister first.

by Mira Grant 2017

3.93

47k+ ratings

🦑 Deep Sea Horror 🧜‍♀️ Predatory Mermaids 💀 Doomed Expedition

Song of the Abyss

by Emma Hamm • 2024

Sent to capture a general's deaf daughter, an undine outcast finds an ally, not a hostage.

4.13

12k+

🖤 Monster Romance 🦻 Deaf Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Song of the Abyss 87%

Sent to capture a general's deaf daughter, an undine outcast finds an ally, not a hostage.

by Emma Hamm 2024

4.13

12k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 🦻 Deaf Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Soul of the Deep

by Natasha Bowen • 2022

To stop the apocalypse her captor unleashed, a Mami Wata mermaid must outwit a trickster god.

3.90

4k+

🌍 West African Mythology 🧜🏿‍♀️ Mami Wata Mermaids 🤝 Divine Bargains

Soul of the Deep 87%

To stop the apocalypse her captor unleashed, a Mami Wata mermaid must outwit a trickster god.

by Natasha Bowen 2022

3.90

4k+ ratings

🌍 West African Mythology 🧜🏿‍♀️ Mami Wata Mermaids 🤝 Divine Bargains

Daughter of the Pirate King

by Tricia Levenseller • 2017

A pirate princess trapped on an enemy ship hunts a hidden map. The first mate watches.

3.93

243k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🧜‍♀️ Siren Mythology ❤️‍🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Daughter of the Pirate King 87%

A pirate princess trapped on an enemy ship hunts a hidden map. The first mate watches.

by Tricia Levenseller 2017

3.93

243k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🧜‍♀️ Siren Mythology ❤️‍🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Daughter of the Siren Queen

by Tricia Levenseller • 2018

A half-siren captain learns her mother is alive, imprisoned by the pirate king who raised her.

4.05

139k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 🧜‍♀️ Half-Human Heroine 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

Daughter of the Siren Queen 87%

A half-siren captain learns her mother is alive, imprisoned by the pirate king who raised her.

by Tricia Levenseller 2018

4.05

139k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 🧜‍♀️ Half-Human Heroine 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

American Mermaid

by Julia Langbein • 2023

Her mermaid novel sold to Hollywood. Her disabled heroine has other plans for the adaptation.

3.24

5k+

🪞 Metafiction ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🔥 Female Rage

American Mermaid 87%

Her mermaid novel sold to Hollywood. Her disabled heroine has other plans for the adaptation.

by Julia Langbein 2023

3.24

5k+ ratings

🪞 Metafiction ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🔥 Female Rage

Call of the Fathoms

by Emma Hamm • 2025

A guard captures an undine. Their escape into the abyss binds them to an empire's fall.

4.16

4k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧜 Monster Romance 🌊 Underwater Dystopia

Call of the Fathoms 87%

A guard captures an undine. Their escape into the abyss binds them to an empire's fall.

by Emma Hamm 2025

4.16

4k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧜 Monster Romance 🌊 Underwater Dystopia

Perchance to Dream

by Lisa Mantchev • 2010

To rescue her pirate from a sea goddess, she writes worlds into being, caught between two loves.

3.92

5k+

📖 Story Magic 🎭 Theatrical Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Mischief

Perchance to Dream 87%

To rescue her pirate from a sea goddess, she writes worlds into being, caught between two loves.

by Lisa Mantchev 2010

3.92

5k+ ratings

📖 Story Magic 🎭 Theatrical Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Mischief

Into the Hourglass

by Emily R. King • 2019

Her heart ticks on borrowed time. The only fix: a mythical sword, lost beneath the waves.

4.12

3k+

⚙️ Clockwork Heroine 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🤝 Found Family

Into the Hourglass 87%

Her heart ticks on borrowed time. The only fix: a mythical sword, lost beneath the waves.

by Emily R. King 2019

4.12

3k+ ratings

⚙️ Clockwork Heroine 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🤝 Found Family

The Mermaid of Black Conch

by Monique Roffey • 2020

A captured mermaid is rescued by a lonely fisherman. In his bathtub, she becomes a woman.

3.86

20k+

🧜‍♀️ Mythic Retelling 🔮 Cursed Woman 🫂 Found Family

The Mermaid of Black Conch 87%

A captured mermaid is rescued by a lonely fisherman. In his bathtub, she becomes a woman.

by Monique Roffey 2020

3.86

20k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Mythic Retelling 🔮 Cursed Woman 🫂 Found Family

Echoes of the Tide

by Emma Hamm • 2024

In a deep-sea prison, a scarred mechanic must trust the merman who refuses to look away.

4.03

6k+

🖤 Monster Romance 🌊 Underwater City ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Echoes of the Tide 87%

In a deep-sea prison, a scarred mechanic must trust the merman who refuses to look away.

by Emma Hamm 2024

4.03

6k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 🌊 Underwater City ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Sea Witch Rising

by Sarah Henning • 2019

A voiceless mermaid, a twin with a knife, and a four-day countdown to murder or mercy.

3.61

4k+

🧜‍♀️ Little Mermaid Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯 Twin Sisters

Sea Witch Rising 87%

A voiceless mermaid, a twin with a knife, and a four-day countdown to murder or mercy.

by Sarah Henning 2019

3.61

4k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Little Mermaid Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯 Twin Sisters

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

3.86

162k+

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary

The Slow Regard of Silent Things 87%

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.86

162k+ ratings

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

Mindfulness for Teachers

by Tish Jennings • 2015

To save her mermaid-sister, a girl must outwit a dark carnival and reach the ocean.

3.99

416

🕯️ Historical Fantasy 👭 Sister Bond 🫂 Found Family

Mindfulness for Teachers 87%

To save her mermaid-sister, a girl must outwit a dark carnival and reach the ocean.

by Tish Jennings 2015

3.99

416 ratings

🕯️ Historical Fantasy 👭 Sister Bond 🫂 Found Family

Whispers of the Deep

by Emma Hamm • 2024

To escape a flooded city, an engineer must ally with the undine warrior who destroyed it.

3.89

31k+

🧜 Monster Love Interest 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫧 Underwater City

Whispers of the Deep 86%

To escape a flooded city, an engineer must ally with the undine warrior who destroyed it.

by Emma Hamm 2024

3.89

31k+ ratings

🧜 Monster Love Interest 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫧 Underwater City

To Kill a Kingdom

by Alexandra Christo • 2018

Turned human, a siren princess must steal the heart of a prince who slaughters sirens.

3.71

212k+

🧜 Siren Fantasy 🌊 Dark Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

To Kill a Kingdom 86%

Turned human, a siren princess must steal the heart of a prince who slaughters sirens.

by Alexandra Christo 2018

3.71

212k+ ratings

🧜 Siren Fantasy 🌊 Dark Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Submerge

by Maya Nicole • 2022

Her best friends are mermen who kidnap her. Now she's falling for all three.

4.06

1k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance 🌊 Ocean Fantasy

Submerge 86%

Her best friends are mermen who kidnap her. Now she's falling for all three.

by Maya Nicole 2022

4.06

1k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance 🌊 Ocean Fantasy

Orphans of the Tide

by Struan Murray • 2020

She pulls a boy from a whale. Inquisitors want him burned. Something wakes inside her.

4.21

2k+

🌊 Flooded World 🎭 Hidden Identity 👁️ Possession

Orphans of the Tide 86%

She pulls a boy from a whale. Inquisitors want him burned. Something wakes inside her.

by Struan Murray 2020

4.21

2k+ ratings

🌊 Flooded World 🎭 Hidden Identity 👁️ Possession

A Ship of Bones and Teeth

by Karina Halle • 2023

She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.

3.74

22k+

🌑 Dark Retelling ⛓️ Captive Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

A Ship of Bones and Teeth 86%

She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.

by Karina Halle 2023

3.74

22k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Retelling ⛓️ Captive Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

The Lost Heir

by Tui T. Sutherland • 2013

A dragon finds her mother, but an assassin kills heirs and her love is a prison.

4.41

50k+

🐉 Dragon Fantasy 👑 Lost Princess ❤️ Found Family

The Lost Heir 86%

A dragon finds her mother, but an assassin kills heirs and her love is a prison.

by Tui T. Sutherland 2013

4.41

50k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Fantasy 👑 Lost Princess ❤️ Found Family

Shark Heart

by Emily Habeck • 2023

Her husband turns into a great white shark. Their love story has an expiration date.

3.94

95k+

🦋 Metamorphosis 💔 Bittersweet Romance ⏳ Slow Goodbye

Shark Heart 86%

Her husband turns into a great white shark. Their love story has an expiration date.

by Emily Habeck 2023

3.94

95k+ ratings

🦋 Metamorphosis 💔 Bittersweet Romance ⏳ Slow Goodbye

Kiss of the Selkie

by Tessonja Odette • 2021

A selkie princess cursed with a fatal kiss joins a bridal pageant to assassinate the groom.

3.86

5k+

💋 Lethal Kiss 👑 Bridal Competition 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin

Kiss of the Selkie 86%

A selkie princess cursed with a fatal kiss joins a bridal pageant to assassinate the groom.

by Tessonja Odette 2021

3.86

5k+ ratings

💋 Lethal Kiss 👑 Bridal Competition 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin

Skin of the Sea

by Natasha Bowen • 2021

A Mami Wata defies the gods, saves a boy, races a trickster for sacred rings.

3.78

17k+

🌍 West African Mythology 🧜🏾 Little Mermaid Retelling 💔 Forbidden Love

Skin of the Sea 86%

A Mami Wata defies the gods, saves a boy, races a trickster for sacred rings.

by Natasha Bowen 2021

3.78

17k+ ratings

🌍 West African Mythology 🧜🏾 Little Mermaid Retelling 💔 Forbidden Love

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman • 2013

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

4.01

660k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma

The Ocean at the End of the Lane Summary

The Ocean at the End of the Lane 86%

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

by Neil Gaiman 2013

4.01

660k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma

Across Dark Seas

by Clare Sager • 2020

Fleeing a forced marriage, a noblewoman joins pirates: the sea awakens her hidden fae magic.

3.85

2k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🧚 Hidden Fae Blood 💔 Escaping The Altar

Across Dark Seas 86%

Fleeing a forced marriage, a noblewoman joins pirates: the sea awakens her hidden fae magic.

by Clare Sager 2020

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🧚 Hidden Fae Blood 💔 Escaping The Altar

Spear Song

by Tricia O'Malley • 2017

A comic shopkeeper with ice magic and a stern fae hunt a legendary spear through Ireland.

4.55

6k+

🌿 Celtic Myth Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine

Spear Song 86%

A comic shopkeeper with ice magic and a stern fae hunt a legendary spear through Ireland.

by Tricia O'Malley 2017

4.55

6k+ ratings

🌿 Celtic Myth Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine

A Storm in Every Heart

by Kate King • 2025

A siren's bargain saves her prince, but his memories of her are the price.

4.20

3k+

🧜‍♀️ Siren Romance ⚔️ Fae Politics 🧠 Memory Erasure

A Storm in Every Heart 86%

A siren's bargain saves her prince, but his memories of her are the price.

by Kate King 2025

4.20

3k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Siren Romance ⚔️ Fae Politics 🧠 Memory Erasure

Rouge

by Mona Awad • 2023

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

3.53

51k+

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror

Rouge 86%

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

by Mona Awad 2023

3.53

51k+ ratings

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror

Crown of Coral and Pearl

by Mara Rutherford • 2019

Scarred Nor takes her twin's place as bride to a mountain prince whose court devours brides.

3.87

14k+

🔄 Twin Swap 💍 Arranged Marriage 👑 Court Intrigue

Crown of Coral and Pearl 86%

Scarred Nor takes her twin's place as bride to a mountain prince whose court devours brides.

by Mara Rutherford 2019

3.87

14k+ ratings

🔄 Twin Swap 💍 Arranged Marriage 👑 Court Intrigue

In Bloom

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.

3.04

14k+

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

In Bloom 86%

Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.

by Paul Tremblay 2023

3.04

14k+ ratings

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Daimon

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2011

Her mother killed by daimons, a half-blood outcast fights to reach the world that rejected her.

4.00

30k+

🏛️ Modern Greek Mythology 🌃 Hidden Supernatural World 🩸 Half Blood Outsider

Daimon 86%

Her mother killed by daimons, a half-blood outcast fights to reach the world that rejected her.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2011

4.00

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Greek Mythology 🌃 Hidden Supernatural World 🩸 Half Blood Outsider

Shipwreck Island

by Struan Murray • 2021

A girl carrying a destructive god washes onto an island whose queen's power is failing.

4.38

567

🖤 Dark Middle Grade 🌊 Drowned World ⚡ Mythic Fantasy

Shipwreck Island 86%

A girl carrying a destructive god washes onto an island whose queen's power is failing.

by Struan Murray 2021

4.38

567 ratings

🖤 Dark Middle Grade 🌊 Drowned World ⚡ Mythic Fantasy

Blackwater I

by Michael McDowell • 1983

A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.

3.69

84k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror

Blackwater I 86%

A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.

by Michael McDowell 1983

3.69

84k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror

Tress of the Emerald Sea

by Brandon Sanderson • 2023

An ordinary girl braves an exploding ocean to rescue the boy she loves from a sorceress.

4.31

301k+

🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🗡️ Rescue Quest

Tress of the Emerald Sea 86%

An ordinary girl braves an exploding ocean to rescue the boy she loves from a sorceress.

by Brandon Sanderson 2023

4.31

301k+ ratings

🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🗡️ Rescue Quest

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